Kari Jobe (album) explained

Kari Jobe
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Kari Jobe
Cover:	karijobealbum.jpg
Released:	February 10, 2009
Recorded:	2008
Genre:	Contemporary worship
Length:	53:42
Label:	Integrity Media, Gateway Create Publishing^[1]
Producer:	Ed Cash
Prev Title:	Bethlehem
Prev Year:	2007
Next Title:	Le Canto
Next Year:	2009

Kari Jobe is the eponymous debut album by Christian music singer Kari Jobe. The album was released on February 10, 2009^[2] by Integrity Media and Gateway Create Publishing. The album reached No. 67 on the Billboard 200,^[3] and No. 3 on the Billboard Christian music chart. Featured on the album are Jobe's first singles, "I'm Singing" and "Healer". "I'm Singing" debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard Christian music charts and "Healer" debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard Soft A/C chart.^[4] Alongside the original album, Jobe released Le Canto, a Spanish language version of the album. Le Canto won a Dove Award in 2010 for Best Spanish Language Album of the Year.^[5]

Personnel

• Kari Jobe – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 7, 10)
• Jason Webb – keyboards (1, 2, 5-8, 11)
• Matt Gilder – keyboards (3, 4)
• Jeff Roach – keyboards (7, 10, 12)
• Ed Cash – acoustic guitar (1-5, 8-11), electric guitar (1-5, 7, 8, 11), backing vocals (1, 4, 8, 11), mandolin (3, 8), harmony vocals (3), programming (4, 5, 8)
• Paul Moak – electric guitar (1-8, 10-12)
• Matt Pierson – bass (1-4, 9, 10)
• Chris Donohue – bass (5-8, 11, 12)
• Josh Robinson – drums (1-4, 9, 10, 12)
• Steve Brewster – drums (5-8, 11)
• Caleb Jobe – percussion (8)
• David Davidson – violin (1, 2, 12)
• John Catchings – cello (6, 9)
• Dick Hensold – Northumbrian pipes (11)
• Frances Cash – backing vocals (3)
• Ryan Edgar – harmony vocals (6, 10), backing vocals (8)

Production

• Thomas Miller – executive producer, art direction
• Ed Cash – producer, engineer, mixing (4-6, 8-12)
• Paul Moak – engineer
• Matt Armstrong – assistant engineer
• F. Reid Shippen – mixing (1-3, 7)
• Buckley Miller – mix assistant (1-3, 7)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
• Craig Dunnagan – A&R
• Jay King – A&R
• Anita Fulkerson – production manager
• Kari Jobe – art direction
• Alena Moore – art direction
• Sam Noerr – art direction
• Gary Dorsey – design
• Eric Ryan Anderson – cover photography
• Jessica Sheppard – inside photography
• Grant Jenkins – management
• Steve Rice – song development

Charts

scope=col	Chart (2009–2011)	scope=col	Peak position
scope=row	US Current Album Sales (Billboard)^[6]	67

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kari Jobe . Gateway Create . October 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140703065444/http://gatewaycreate.com/artist/kari-jobe . 2014-07-03 . dead .
2. Web site: Kari Jobe: Music . Amazon . October 16, 2014.
3. Billboard Business. Billboard.
4. Web site: Artist : BREATHEcast. www.breathecast.com.
5. Web site: Twitter / Kari Jobe: Ola..Oh my goodness..I nee . Twitter.com . 2010-04-21 . 2012-02-26.
6. Web site: Kari Jobe Chart History (Top Current Albums). Billboard.